
Person
Dinesh Thakur
Acting · 1947–2012
Biography
Dinesh Thakur was a noted Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television, and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in Rajnigandha 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Dinesh Thakur was born in 1947 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was the founder-director of ANK productions, a Mumbai-based theatre company, established in 1976. Though he mainly appeared in character roles in Hindi films, as a screenwriter and story writer, he is known for writing the story and screenplay of Ghar (1978), which won him the 1979 Filmfare Best Story Award.
Known for

Rajnigandha
Navin

Aastha: In the Prison of Spring
Dinesh

The Burning Train
Usman Ali

Mere Apne
Billoo

Anubhav
Shashi Bhushan

Kalicharan
1976

Karm
1977

Palay Khan
1986

Ghar
Doctor Prashant

Meera
Jaimal Rathod
Filmography
- 2017MaatrProduction Manager
- 1997Aastha: In the Prison of SpringDinesh
- 1993Zakhmi Rooh
- 1991Ek Saas Zindagi
- 1986Palay Khan
- 1982Aamne SamneCBI Officer Ashfraf Khan
- 1980The Burning TrainUsman Ali
- 1979MeeraJaimal Rathod
- 1978Madhu Malti
- 1978GharDoctor Prashant
- 1977Minoo
- 1977Karm
- 1976Kalicharan
- 1974RajnigandhaNavin
- 1974Parinay
- 1972ZarooratAshok
- 1971Mere ApneBilloo
- 1971AnubhavShashi Bhushan
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